6,273 schools
ROI = (10yr median earnings × 10 − 4 × net price) / (4 × net price), shown as a multiple of 4 years' net price. Sourced from Common Data Set filings and College Scorecard. 1,941 schools are missing the cost or earnings data needed to calculate ROI and appear at the bottom, unranked.
| Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | — | — | $10,873 | $57,688 | $48,387 | 10.1x |
| North Seattle College Seattle, WA | — | — | $10,740 | $70,090 | $47,728 | 10.1x |
| Community College of Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | — | — | $9,844 | $60,930 | $43,729 | 10.1x |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton, NY | — | — | $8,940 | $48,966 | $39,710 | 10.1x |
| Hawkeye Community College Waterloo, IA | — | — | $9,649 | $49,163 | $42,849 | 10.1x |
| Valley City State University Valley City, ND | — | — | $11,890 | $52,034 | $52,725 | 10.1x |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY | — | — | $8,987 | $45,913 | $39,850 | 10.1x |
| California State University-Chico Chico, CA | — | — | $14,480 | $65,228 | $64,172 | 10.1x |
| New Community Career & Technical Institute Newark, NJ | — | — | $9,075 | $32,679 | $40,200 | 10.1x |
| Galveston College Galveston, TX | — | — | $8,412 | $66,991 | $37,233 | 10.1x |
| University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD | — | — | $13,868 | $67,949 | $61,335 | 10.1x |
| Morehead State University Morehead, KY | — | — | $9,793 | $50,224 | $43,197 | 10.0x |
| Cascadia College Bothell, WA | — | — | $12,281 | $50,202 | $54,133 | 10.0x |
| The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa, TX | — | — | $12,723 | $63,864 | $56,073 | 10.0x |
| Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | — | — | $11,864 | $61,520 | $52,279 | 10.0x |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | — | — | $16,798 | $78,925 | $73,997 | 10.0x |
| Truman State University Kirksville, MO | — | — | $12,780 | $56,947 | $56,280 | 10.0x |
| Howard Community College Columbia, MD | — | — | $11,133 | $57,920 | $49,020 | 10.0x |
| Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY | — | — | $29,882 | $113,282 | $131,426 | 10.0x |
| Umpqua Community College Roseburg, OR | — | — | $8,340 | $46,257 | $36,676 | 10.0x |
| New Mexico State University-Main Campus Las Cruces, NM | — | — | $8,889 | $54,874 | $39,067 | 10.0x |
| Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology Wichita, KS | — | — | $8,805 | $47,431 | $38,679 | 10.0x |
| Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus Jefferson, OH | — | — | $9,599 | $47,950 | $42,163 | 10.0x |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | — | — | $10,965 | $51,594 | $48,160 | 10.0x |
| Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, OK | — | — | $10,104 | $51,228 | $44,358 | 10.0x |